The Dutch Future Society aims to provide a platform for all those who are involved with the future, including businesses and other organisations. Please do let us know about any interesting event or meeting that you would like te see featured on our event calendar by sending an email to info@dutchfuturesociety.nl, so that we can better share the knowledge and experience of our field!

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The Business Model Canvas (BMC) is a practical visual tool that can also be related to trends. In this workshop Onno Makor, business consultant and productdeveloper, helps you to relate businessmodels to trends. What is the impact of a trend on my current business model? How can I work with this trend in the model? How can I innovate? The workshop consist of both theoretical information and practicing with the canvas. This session is in Dutch. Trends en ontwikkelingen kunnen grote invloed…

For the sixteenth time now, the 2b AHEAD ThinkTank’s annual Future Congress will be held again in June in Wolfsburg, Germany. In 2017, the 2b AHEAD Future Congress will again rank among the most attractive business events of the European innovation scene. For the last 16 years, 300 top personalities have gathered each year at our invitation to discuss the future of business. Our guests include national and international CEOs and innovation leaders from a wide range of industries, as…

Tickets are now available! Some people dream of the ultimate merge of man and machine. Scientists are showing us the possibilities. Philosophers discuss the implications of these technologies with us. And artists make our emotions towards this issue explicit. The creation of super humans with new sensory abilities, enhanced brain power, eternal memories and extreme physical strength. Body parts can be replaced by robotics, and ultimately, human enhancement could mean the end of aging. What will be the future of human…

An all day workshop on using futures methods to create change Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will, said the Italian radical Gramsci in a famous phrase. It is easy to overdose on the pessimism as we look at the overlapping crises that threaten to engulf us. But if we are going to create real change—enough to overcome these crises—we will need tools that give people back their sense of agency. Hence, Tools for Hope. Futures tools that help…

DFS presents in collaboration with FreedomLab: Futurist Gerd Leonhard - The next 10 years of technology and humanity Gerd Leonhard is a renowned keynote speaker on the future of technology. He is a futurist, author, strategist and CEO of The Futures Agency. We are honored that Gerd is willing to share his ideas and insights on the future of humanity with members of the Dutch Future Society. He will provide a keynote to open the new year of 2018 with…

Next Nature Academy Workshops Several dates, first is January 17 @ Amsterdam Next Nature Network is introducing their Academy. Their courses will introduce you to an inspiring new vision of a future in which biology and technology are merging. They offer you the special Next Nature philosophy, methods and tools and to better anticipate change, improve your future literacy and put this into practice. There is an 1-day crash course and a 3-day intermediate level course. Language: English Book the workshop For more…